Jack was the first to jump on board when his brother, Colonial founder Bill Kaneft, said he had an idea for a bag company. He's been at Colonial for 19 of its 20-year history and says he's always had an interest in this type of industry.

As a sales representative, he works with customers, quotes products they're interested in, and generally figures out how Colonial can supply clients with what they're looking for.

He says that Colonial is primarily a multi-line distributor, but that it's now carrying items produced abroad and, as a result, can be very competitive. He works to show customers all their options, including items from overseas when relevant. He makes sure customers know that Colonial understands timely delivery, as well product quality and testing.

"It's just a really good company. I love this type of business, and I love that Colonial is a family business," Jack says.

"I've got a 3-year-old car with 210,000 miles on it," says Beau, who says his love of road trips helped land him a career in sales.

Beau is a sales rep who says he "drives everywhere possible" with his job, meeting with customers across the Southeast to talk to them about their packaging needs. He says the majority of his clients are food companies. "I like to think that I look good in a smock and a hair net, but it's just hard to do," he laughs.

Beau took some side streets before stopping at his position at Colonial. After attending Clemson, he almost applied for Harvard Law with the support of a former professor, but after much thought, joined the Colonial team and is now going on his sixth year.

"A big part of staying around here has been success. I've been been pretty successful at this, gotten a lot of things out of it. When anybody finds something that they're not only good at but that they enjoy, it keeps them getting up in the morning and going after it," Beau says.

Ask Tim Walden how he got this job, and he'll tell you: "Well, the president begged me for two years to work here and I finally caved in," he laughs.

Apparently he made the right move. Tim's worked with Colonial Packaging as a sales representative for 14 years since, even moving up to a vice president position. He promotes Colonial's products throughout the Southeast, working closely with the company's main client base, the poultry industry.

Before Colonial, Tim worked in banking. He says the biggest changes have been less bureacracy and more freedom to make individual decisions.

"The people we deal with -- they're the reason we're here. And I love meeting new people each place we go," he says.

Tim originally met the Colonial team through his wife, who is President Bill Kaneft's sister. "I'm very, very grateful I was given the opportunity to work here," he says. "I'll stay here until Bill gets rid of me, which will hopefully be never! I don't plan on leaving anytime."

In high school, Sam was behind the plate for many of Beau's pitches for the Wilson Hall baseball team. And Sam, Beau, and Stephen were on the football team. They even lived together for several years in college.

Sam graduated from Clemson and then worked for several years in his own family's dry cleaning business in Sumter. He moved to sales in 2005 when he joined Weather Shield, one of the nation's leading window and door manufacturers. He was good at his job and in 2006 was named Regional Salesperson of the Year.

Sam said he jumped at the opportunity to join Colonial where the emphasis on business doesn't preclude having a family life. "The opportunity to work with your best friends along with the flexibility and potential given at Colonial is an unmatched combination not available anywhere else in the world," he says.